United States cities by crime rate

society and crime have proven to be one of the most significant factor over the past couple of centuries. Over the years they were several methods that was used to punish crime, which is considered too horrific for a much more modern society before prison become the main institution for punishing offenders. A crime is a serious offense against the public law. It is a problem that many countries throughout the world face today. Crime in America has decreased opposed to the crime rate in the…

The border between the United States and Mexico continues to be in poor condition. Immigration, is as we know a steadily growing issue. Personally I believe it directly correlates to living conditions in that region. Poverty, poor health and uninsured households are three key issues that make up problems that have a domino effect on the rest of the nation. Several different factors contribute to why these are the driving force behind these difficulties. These issues are linked together as…

lengthy debate, which I will explain in this essay, will demonstrate why gun control simply does not work. According to an article on the Cornell University Law School, The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". This is one of the Constitutional rights that was given to us by our founding fathers. To impose executive orders and…

most people fail to understand is that action makes them murderers too. If we kill someone for killing someone, shouldn’t we then be killed too? Nothing gives us the right to take away someone’s life, even if that person has committed a nefarious crime. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, “since 1976, one thousand four hundred and forty-two people have suffered from the death penalty.” (DPIC) That means one thousand four hundred and forty-two families have mourned the loss of a…

lives and 4 guns lay in the hands of the killers; fueling the fire of the never ending gun control fiasco. The debate revolves around the constitution, yet the Second Amendment, while elegantly written in its eighteenth century syntax, is unclear. It states that a “well-regulated militia” has the right to bear arms, yet it lacks mention of a “well regulated individual”. Not only has our country 's weaponry, culture, and definition of a militia changed since it was written, we are now facing an…

Unfortunately, in the United States the color of an individual’s skin will have an effect on the way a person is treated. Agustin Fuentes in his essay “The Myth of Race” discusses how the social idea of race impacts the way some races are treated. Fuentes mentions statistics about…

Bernhard Goetz was a 37-year-old white man that ran his own electronic repair service out of his 14th Street apartment in New York City. On December 22, 1984, Goetz left his apartment and walked to the subway station. He entered the car then sat down close to four black youths that were very noisy and boisterous, causing the 15 to 20 other passengers to move to the other end of the car. One of the four, a 19-year-old Troy Canty, approached Goetz and asked him for five dollars. Goetz then asks…

of them state that they have committed other crimes to get money to support their drug problems. When individuals get incarcerated for crimes they get placed in a community jail or in a state penitentiary when they are incarcerated they serve their time do not get the proper treatment that is needed to assist with the drug abuse. They are then placed back into the community where they continue to commit crimes because they were not given the proper treatment. Recidivism rates vary by state…

completely disregard the rules. One example is when Detroit started curfews in 1976. Although crime dropped 6% during the curfew, there was an increase of 13% otherwise. Additionally, more than 80% of crimes committed nationally occurred between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m, hours usually outside curfews. Juvenile crime rose an astonishing 56% during the early 90's. To fight this sharp rise, 200 of America’s largest cities spent $75 million to put curfews in place. But even after all their hard work, they…

the United States. Should the government even go that far to stop people from doing what they feel is best? The government and states should not control guns to such extents. People have the right to carry weapons as long as it is for defense and that is under protection from the United States Amendment II. Gun control violates the Second Amendment. There is civilian need to carry weapons for protection on a daily basis. States that don’t have gun control laws actually have lower murder rates…